A Little Orchestra in The Quietus

"A Little Orchestra is a classical ensemble formed by Pipettes creator 'Monster' Bobby Barry. The repertoire of the 10-piece group includes compositions by Terry Riley, Michael Nyman and Angelo Badalamenti, although they're most active live and as an orchestra for hire within the UK indie-pop scene. 

The group's concerts have seen them joined by singers including MJ Hibbett, Shirley Lee of Spearmint and Elizabeth Morris of Allo Darlin', or swelling the ranks of bands such as Pocketbooks and Haiku Salut. Guests on A Little Orchestra's debut album Clocks, set for release on June 10th, include Darren Hayman, Gordon McIntyre (Ballboy), Simon Love (The Loves) and Lisa Bouvier (The Proctors)."

Read the full article by Stuart Huggett here.

A Little Orchestra at Totally Acoustic

Coming up soon . . . A Little Orchestra will be performing at M.J. Hibbett's very own Totally Acoustic night on the 10th of November. ALO will also be collaborating with Mr. Hibbett on two special new collaborations.

Totally Acoustic takes place at The King & Queen, Foley Street, London, kicking off at around 7pm.

All Aboard The Twee Train!

An awfully good time was had by A Little Orchestra at last weekend's Indietracks festival at the Midlands Railway Centre in Derbyshire. Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, all of our fond memories can now be regurgitated and replayed, over and over again. Forever. A recording of the whole set can be heard on SoundCloud. The photos are all cluttering up Flickr. And I've even selected a few highlights from YouTube for your pleasure: our collaborations with M.J. Hibbett and Haiku Salut. Enjoy . . .

The above photos cribbed from the respective photostreams of Johnkell and somebody called _light_*' (which must've gone down well with the vicar).